Author Topic: GoG is run by the omnivalent curators of our shared gaming heritage (Read 27462 times)

cool breeze · « **Reply #120 on:** December 14, 2010, 10:35:20 AM »

Advent Rising finally on sale

Corporal · « **Reply #121 on:** December 14, 2010, 03:21:22 PM »

Ooooooh fuck. I just ~~spent way too much~~ saved 60 bucks. Yeah, that's the ticket. I saved 60 bucks.

Now that's a Christmas gift to myself that I can live with. Awesome. If anyone needs me, I'll be over yonder, cackling like a madman.

Finally, the Icewind Dales, and the Baldurs Gates, and Planescape Torment, and Advent Rising, and...

GOG

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #122 on:** December 16, 2010, 01:58:11 AM »

Tyrian 2000 is free on GoG.

Raban · « **Reply #123 on:** April 01, 2011, 10:31:27 AM »

I bet most of you don't care, but XIII is now on GoG. I think it's safe to say this is the best version of the game, since it does away with the ridiculous disc-swapping that the PC version once had and it looks better than any console version.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #124 on:** April 01, 2011, 10:55:26 AM »

[youtube=560,345]1_Ju8WVY2a4[/youtube]

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Following recent video game trends the title will offer a very short and linear story. Almost no gameplay whatsoever and twenty launch DLCs, including a special pink banjo (normally obtainable by finishing a game) and a unicorn mount, will have you stuck in front of your computer screen for minutes. Check out the announcement trailer below and visit http://www.saviors-of-queens.com for even less details.

Bocsius · « **Reply #125 on:** April 03, 2011, 12:05:53 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on October 13, 2010, 10:01:12 PM

Planescape has great characters, great writing, great story, and great setting. You don't play it for the combat.

Sounds like I'll love it. I'll get to it sometime after Baldur's Gate.

GoG

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #126 on:** April 03, 2011, 12:18:22 PM »

Quote from: Bocsius on April 03, 2011, 12:05:53 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on October 13, 2010, 10:01:12 PM
Planescape has great characters, great writing, great story, and great setting. You don't play it for the combat.

Sounds like I'll love it. I'll get to it sometime after Baldur's Gate.

GoG

The combat in Planescape Torment will make you bow down and praise Jesus, after pulling your teeth out one at a time playing through Baldur's Gate.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #127 on:** April 07, 2011, 11:17:55 AM »

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/realms_of_the_haunting

archie4208 · « **Reply #128 on:** April 12, 2011, 10:38:27 AM »

Any clues?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #129 on:** April 12, 2011, 10:55:03 AM »

My first thought was The Dig, but that's already on Steam so I don't know if they'd make a big deal about it.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #130 on:** April 12, 2011, 11:04:45 AM »

it's The Movies.

GilloD · « **Reply #131 on:** April 12, 2011, 09:35:19 PM »

Quote from: The Worst Poster Ever on April 12, 2011, 11:04:45 AM

it's The Movies.

I always wanted to play that

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #132 on:** April 12, 2011, 09:49:02 PM »

me too

and then i played it

archie4208 · « **Reply #133 on:** April 12, 2011, 09:55:53 PM »

Looks like it is LucasArts. I guess EA is being stubborn as usual and would rather sit on their classic titles instead of earning a bit of extra revenue.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #134 on:** April 12, 2011, 10:06:56 PM »

looks more like the cover to desperados to me

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #135 on:** April 13, 2011, 01:46:25 PM »

Here's the newest one:

"What game made monster fear you?"

archie4208 · « **Reply #136 on:** April 13, 2011, 02:36:31 PM »

Dungeon Keeper?

BlackMage · « **Reply #137 on:** April 13, 2011, 03:40:57 PM »

Where's my god damn System Shock 2?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #138 on:** April 13, 2011, 07:38:13 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 07, 2011, 11:17:55 AM

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/realms_of_the_haunting

Realms of the Haunting is great, I've been meaning to buy it somewhere and play it again for a while now. But what I'm really hoping this means is that Normality is soon to follow.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #139 on:** April 14, 2011, 10:58:31 AM »

"What game made you afraid of the dark?"

Alone in the Dark?

Anyway, we'll find out in about 2 hours.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #140 on:** April 14, 2011, 12:44:19 PM »

Alone in the Dark.

http://www.gog.com/en/news/tune_in_to_watch_cdp_days_2011_spring_conference

conference is on now

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #141 on:** April 14, 2011, 12:45:33 PM »

Witcher 1 is the big reveal

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #142 on:** April 14, 2011, 12:45:45 PM »

also it's all atari games

archie4208 · « **Reply #143 on:** April 14, 2011, 01:02:58 PM »

EA
Take 2
Square Enix
LucasArts
Microsoft Game Studios

GOG has signed a deal with one of those publishers and has 25 games in the pipeline and they are close to signing deals with two more.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #144 on:** April 14, 2011, 01:05:58 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on April 14, 2011, 01:02:58 PM

EA
Take 2
Square Enix
LucasArts
Microsoft Game Studios

GOG has signed a deal with one of those publishers and has 25 games in the pipeline and they are close to signing deals with two more.

FF7 and FF8

archie4208 · « **Reply #145 on:** April 14, 2011, 01:07:23 PM »

The fact that the confirmed publisher has 25 games in the pipeline makes me think it is either EA or LucasArts.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #146 on:** April 14, 2011, 01:08:33 PM »

It's TakeTwo.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #147 on:** April 14, 2011, 01:10:30 PM »

PS it wouldnt be Square-Enix it would just be Eidos games.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #148 on:** April 14, 2011, 01:39:07 PM »

Alone in the Dark trilogy for $6 is pretty tempting, but I've still got the first two on CD and it isn't that hard to get them to run in Dosbox.

Shuri · « **Reply #149 on:** April 14, 2011, 11:46:55 PM »

I bought die by the sword, and holy fuck its awful; that game has aged horribly..and the emulation is terribad

the menus keep looping that sword clashing sound..while everything else is jammed. UGH

The Sceneman · « **Reply #150 on:** April 15, 2011, 12:04:46 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 14, 2011, 01:39:07 PM

Alone in the Dark trilogy for $6 is pretty tempting, but I've still got the first two on CD and it isn't that hard to get them to run in Dosbox.

Isn't the third one supposed to be the best one though?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #151 on:** April 15, 2011, 11:31:21 PM »

I think the first one's the best. It was all HP Lovecraft and haunted house stuff. Then the second one had ghost pirates, and the third one was like zombie cowboys.

Corporal · « **Reply #152 on:** May 09, 2011, 05:17:17 PM »

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We’ve come to the conclusion that there are a number of issues with using a customer’s IP address to determine what offer they are being presented with from GOG.com. A good number of users can find themselves negatively impacted by a policy of using geo IP to set their region.

For example, customers may be travelling when they want to purchase or download a game from GOG.com. In this case, automatic IP address capture might change the price or the content of the game they’re ordering (such as the default language of the installer). Further, geo IP data collection is not always right. IP addresses are not a perfect or unique identifier of location, and can report the incorrect region of users, particularly ones who are not using standard Internet connections. Finally, we’re always very sensitive of our users’ privacy. Effective privacy protections for our users means that any data that we don’t need to collect, we shouldn’t. We only need to know the country that you’re making this purchase from, so although we originally planned to use geo-IP to determine user’s location, we’ve decided to trust our users and let them inform us as to the correct region for their purchase.

Any of you who are having problems with your country’s location (and the offer you're presented with) can update this by going to ”My Account” and clicking on “Account & Settings."

The change is now live on GOG.com and will effect all current purchases and preorders.

EDIT: We'll update the privacy policy on our website to reflect this tomorrow, because we're having caching problems with it today. rest assured, the new changes are in effect even if the page doesn't show it.

gog

So awesome.

I shall buy some games tonight.

I also appear to have become an Austrian by accident.

cool breeze · « **Reply #153 on:** May 10, 2011, 01:03:10 AM »

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_witcher/

The Witcher is now on GoG and is on sale for $5

I'm actually considering rebuying this drm-free version. More convenient than walking twelve feet to my shelf and grabbing my boxed copy.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #154 on:** May 10, 2011, 01:21:13 AM »

I've got a Steam copy floating around somewhere I can gift to you if you want it.

cool breeze · « **Reply #155 on:** May 10, 2011, 01:45:41 AM »

thanks, but I was just joking (do I come off as that lazy $:-\$ ) Would probably serve someone who doesn't own the game already.

my boxed copy has sat on my shelf for months now as a reminder to replay it before the witcher 2 is released. yeah, that never happened.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #156 on:** May 10, 2011, 04:11:32 PM »

just a warning that the download is 9 Gigs on GoG. $:-\$

oh well it was worth rebuying (I bought it when it first came out as a box) because I wont have to try ton avigate through some polish sites to get the enhanced edition patch

demi · « **Reply #157 on:** May 10, 2011, 04:20:24 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on May 10, 2011, 01:45:41 AM

thanks, but I was just joking (do I come off as that lazy $:-\$ ) Would probably serve someone who doesn't own the game already.

my boxed copy has sat on my shelf for months now as a reminder to replay it before the witcher 2 is released. yeah, that never happened.

Buy it and sell the retail copy to me. I've been wanting to play The Witcher.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #158 on:** May 10, 2011, 04:43:12 PM »

I remember when I bought the SE when it came out on Steam for $40.

I've barely touched it. $:-\$

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #159 on:** May 10, 2011, 05:36:37 PM »

Quote from: demi on May 10, 2011, 04:20:24 PM

Quote from: Linkzg on May 10, 2011, 01:45:41 AM
thanks, but I was just joking (do I come off as that lazy $:-\$ ) Would probably serve someone who doesn't own the game already.

my boxed copy has sat on my shelf for months now as a reminder to replay it before the witcher 2 is released. yeah, that never happened.

Buy it and sell the retail copy to me. I've been wanting to play The Witcher.

demi i wil lgive u my box copy as a token of my appreciation for being a member of these great forums for years

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #160 on:** May 10, 2011, 06:00:50 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on May 10, 2011, 04:43:12 PM

I remember when I bought the SE when it came out on Steam for $40.

I've barely touched it. $:-\$

The game starts out really slow, but it picks up quite a bit once you finally get to Vizima. It's well worth having going back to and finishing up.

Corporal · « **Reply #161 on:** May 11, 2011, 03:30:35 AM »

Great. I have no gaming-capable PC right now.
GOG has started their preload phase for the Witcher 2. Shows up as 60 Dollahs. At least you get one of those five bonus games and 16 USD store credit and TW2... Not sure if good deal or not.

Ah fuck it. Come to daddy, you sweet waste of money. Let me ogle you in my library.

naff · « **Reply #162 on:** May 11, 2011, 08:18:06 PM »

Huh, I 'pre-ordered' The Witcher 2 ages ago and it's showing up for $45 on my GoG... Pretty sure that's USD, and I know they adjust the price based on your region so maybe it's cheaper outside US? You can manually adjust your region now so I guess try that to get a cheaper price. I'm going to buy it either today or tomorrow. Still haven't finished the first one either

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #163 on:** May 11, 2011, 09:05:09 PM »

It's $45 USD on GoG and Steam, but the prices vary a bit by region.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #164 on:** May 11, 2011, 09:13:50 PM »

$67 in Australia $:-\$

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #165 on:** May 11, 2011, 09:19:14 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on May 11, 2011, 09:13:50 PM

$67 in Australia $:-\$

http://www.vg247.com/2011/05/06/australia-the-witcher-2-to-be-pricejacked-fair-price-package-extended/

pilonv1 · « **Reply #166 on:** May 12, 2011, 04:47:25 AM »

Yeah I saw that. I'm not getting it day one since I haven't finished the original but it would nice not to be price gouged

naff · « **Reply #167 on:** May 12, 2011, 06:12:22 AM »

Considering you can manually change you region to whatever you want at GoG surely the pricing issue isn't a big deal... Just change your region to US or whatever.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #168 on:** June 09, 2011, 06:06:00 PM »

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/sid_meiers_alpha_centauri

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/crusader_no_remorse

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #169 on:** June 09, 2011, 06:20:08 PM »

Any plans for Alien Crossfire? I think Alpha Centauri will be the first GoG game I buy, but I hear that expansion really improved it.

ManaByte · « **Reply #170 on:** June 09, 2011, 06:26:44 PM »

ALPHA CENTAURI

archie4208 · « **Reply #171 on:** June 20, 2011, 09:14:31 AM »

All Interplay titles 50% off

Fallout

Fallout 2

Freespace 2

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #172 on:** June 20, 2011, 10:36:13 AM »

Interplay

cool breeze · « **Reply #173 on:** June 20, 2011, 09:04:12 PM »

I got MDK, Freespace 2, Messiah and SHOGO for now.

I haven't played Messiah before, but there is like a flying baby and you possess people whatever three dollars lets do this

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #174 on:** June 20, 2011, 09:39:40 PM »

I remember back when Messiah was hyped through the roof. Ultimately, it didn't deliver, but I think it was actually a decent game with some nice ideas that just never quite reached as high as it should have.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #175 on:** June 21, 2011, 04:07:51 AM »

I have some fond memories of Messiah. Even though I remember it being janky, it was a mindfuck for young me at the time so I forgave a lot of its flaws.

I dunno if I would buy it today though.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #176 on:** July 14, 2011, 12:50:10 PM »

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/normality

GOG

Cravis · « **Reply #177 on:** July 14, 2011, 01:11:24 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 20, 2011, 09:39:40 PM

I remember back when Messiah was hyped through the roof. Ultimately, it didn't deliver, but I think it was actually a decent game with some nice ideas that just never quite reached as high as it should have.

I remember all the hype it got. The tech they used made it so you couldn't see the seams on the polygons. At the time the character models were very impressive. It was hyped to high heaven then just disappeared. I never knew it was even released until GoG got it lol.

chronovore · « **Reply #178 on:** July 22, 2011, 07:05:06 AM »

Isn't that the one where you could hijack other NPCs by putting your soul in them? I was also curious about this, Geist, and Mindjack -- all variations on a similar theme. I think there's a GTA-style game to be made around this kind of thing.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #179 on:** July 22, 2011, 09:17:22 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 14, 2011, 12:50:10 PM

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/normality

GOG

Holy shit I remember being wowed by this back then.

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Author Topic: GoG is run by the omnivalent curators of our shared gaming heritage (Read 27462 times)